Case Report
A Case Report of Thalamic Infarction after Lumbar Drain: A Unique Cause of Perioperative Stroke?
Table 1
Timeline of in-hospital neurologic recovery.
| | Postoperative Day (POD) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 19 |
| | Glasgow Coma Scale (Total) | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 15 | | Best Eye Response | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | | Best Verbal Response | 1T | 1T | 1T | 1T | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | | Best Motor Response | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | | Wakefulness/Orientation | Unarousable | Arousable | Arousable | Arousable | Alert
Disoriented | Alert, Oriented times 2 | Alert, Oriented times 1 | Alert, Oriented times 4 | | Communication | Unable to Assess | Unable to Assess | Unable to Assess | Unable to Assess | Expressive Aphasia | Expressive
Aphasia | Nonsensical
Speech | Loss of Fluency |
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